All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 3 2018 // Macquarie Group Ltd. is in advanced talks to create a majority-owned securities joint-venture firm in China, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest international bank seeking to establish itself in one of...
Nov 30 2018 // In an unusual move on Thursday, a federal judge raised the prospect of not approving CVS Health Corp.’s deal to buy insurer Aetna Inc., which closed earlier this week, during a routine portion of the legal...
Nov 29 2018 // Remember the scene in the 1989 movie When Harry Met Sally? During lunch with Harry at a deli, Sally very publicly fakes a wild orgasm. A nearby patron, when asked what she’d like to order, signals in Sally’s...
Nov 28 2018 // Markel International, the specialist insurer, will partner with Pantaenius GmbH, the European yacht insurance provider, to strengthen and broaden the capabilities and services that together they provide their clients...
Nov 28 2018 // AXA announced it has entered into an agreement with the current domestic shareholders of AXA Tianping Property & Casualty Insurance Co. Ltd. to acquire the remaining 50 percent stake of the company.Total consideration...
Nov 28 2018 // Mergers and acquisitions targeting Hong Kong financial firms have slumped this year, with insurance sector deals particularly hard hit, as China’s moves to tighten capital controls and crack down on corporate debt...
Nov 27 2018 // Alera Group, a Deerfield, Ill.-based, national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired three new firms: CRISP Insurance Advisors, Lively Insurance and Loretz...
Nov 26 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Buckman-Mitchell Inc., with offices in Visalia and Fresno, Calif.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Clifford Dunbar, Judy Fussel, Brent Swanson, Todd Williams, Stephan...
Nov 26 2018 // Employers Mutual Casualty Co. has proposed to purchase all the outstanding common stock of its affiliate EMC Insurance Group Inc.As the parent company, Employers Mutual Casualty currently owns approximately 55 percent of...
Nov 21 2018 // Chubb announced that it is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, the world’s largest conservation organization, to work together in Miami to reduce the risk from storm impacts and rising sea levels on the...
Nov 21 2018 // Generali has earmarked up to four billion euros for acquisitions and growth as it looks to asset management and high-margin business in Latin America and Asia to fuel earnings.Italy’s top insurer — which...
Nov 20 2018 // Alera Group has acquired Orion Risk Management Insurance Services.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Orion is a commercial insurance broker and risk management firm with three locations throughout Southern...
Nov 20 2018 // Reliance Partners, which specializes in commercial insurance, has added Brandon Richards as chief sales officer and opened a new office in Austin, Texas.Richards is a veteran insurance professional with more than 17 years...
Nov 20 2018 // CVS Health Corp. said on Tuesday that it expects to close its $69 billion purchase of health insurer Aetna Inc. after the Thanksgiving holiday. The pharmacy chain and benefits manager had previously expected the...
Nov 20 2018 // Finnish software maker Basware confirmed the unsolicited takeover approach it received was from payment-technology startup Tradeshift Holdings Inc.The indicative proposal came from San Francisco-based Tradeshift, Basware...
Nov 20 2018 // AXA XL’s reinsurance operation has completed the acquisition of all third party ownership interests in its majority-owned asset management affiliate, New Ocean Capital Management Ltd.Financial details of the...
Nov 19 2018 // The superintendent of the new entity charged with distributing millions of dollars to Connecticut homeowners with crumbling foundations says he’s within weeks of shutting down if state bonding isn’t...
Nov 19 2018 // China will accept applications early next year from foreign insurers seeking to take control of their local joint ventures and is even weighing giving them full ownership earlier than flagged, people with direct knowledge...
Nov 16 2018 // The Travelers Companies has partnered with contractor company Gilbane, and Triax Technologies, a provider of Internet of Things (IoT) construction technology, to explore the potential safety benefits of wearable...
Nov 15 2018 // Specialty insurer Markel Corp. has completed its acquisition of Nephila Holdings, an investment manager specializing in reinsurance risk.According to the transaction that was first announced in August, Nephila will...